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The Sixth Axis calls this ad one of Sony‘s best, pointing out that it’s about time Sony made its free PlayStation Network (PSN) a selling point (as opposed to Microsoft‘s paid subscription service.)

I think the PS3 is a fantastic system, but this ad pretty much has me running for the hills. Annoying music? Check. Lots of flash, little meat? Check. Headache coming on after watching it? Yep, that too.

I have a better reason why you all should go buy a PS3:

Okay, sure, From Software’s Demon’s Souls came out in 2009 (in North America) and we’re well into 2012, so I’m very late to the game. Still, after only a few hours of play today, for all the ways it is similar to its spiritual successor, Dark Souls, this game alone makes the PlayStation 3 a good buy.

Granted, if this is the only game you plan on playing on PlayStation 3, the price-tag may not actually be worth it. That’s the trouble with exclusive titles. For me, if I were right now deciding whether to buy a PS3 or an Xbox 360, I’d hands-down go PS3 just for this game, especially since games like Dark Souls, Skyrim, and Dragon’s Dogma are all cross-released.

Already I can tell I’m going to enjoy this game as much, or at least almost as much, as Dark Souls. And if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ll know how hopelessly smitten I am with that game. (Drink!)

I’ll post a decent first impressions review once I’ve gotten a bit deeper into Boletaria’s fascinating landscape and lore. As with Dark Souls, Demon’s Souls doesn’t give away too much, though it paints an eerily believable Medieval fantasy world. From what I can tell, there’s actually a fair amount more explanation, conversation, and story in this game in than in Dark Souls, but so far none of it weighs down the game or detracts from gameplay.

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Could have given more reasons on why the PS3 is a superior system, such as the built-in Blu-Ray player, simple navigation, lightweight controllers, etc. I, too, am a fan of the Soul series, but your title is rather misleading.

My title is actually purposefully misleading, as it was meant to be something of a joke. I’m not sure which console I prefer, to be quite honest. Though, since I have both, I don’t suppose I really need to be sure.

That’s incredibly silly and incredibly unprofessional. I don’t see the joke in putting up a misleading title on a professional website. This article should have been titled “Why You Need To Play Dark Souls” or “Dark Souls Review” or anything related to “Dark Souls”. I actually opened this article hoping to read a real article, not something half-assed like this. And I actually when through a hell of a lot of trouble to sign-in, get my password sent to me, and post in here just to tell you how disappointed I am.

Okay, first off this is a post about Demon’s Souls, not Dark Souls. So there’s that. Second, it’s a blog, and occasionally on blogs the titles are joking or half-joking. You may have noticed this if you’ve spent more than a few hours online. And finally, if you read through the comments you’ll notice at least two people who own PS3′s specifically for this game, so it’s not even a stretch of the imagination.

Look, if you care enough about this to take all that time signing up to comment, I really can’t help you. It’s just not that big of a deal on the totem pole of things to actually worry about.